The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-01-14
4LOADEp FOR BEAR.
Farmer 1IcCue Shoots Thirty-seven Buck
shot at Once from his Trusty Gun.

Farmer HcCue Shoots Thirty-seven Buck
shot at Once from his Trusty Gun.
WALTON Oct. 23.-Joseph McCue of Sui
Ivan county is a little set in his opinions, but
owns up like man when he finds that he Is
wrong The other day he was working ID
his turnip patch, which is right across the
road from his house. There are not many
neighbors in the part of Sullivan county
where Mr.. McCues farm is, which Is the
Beaverkill country, near the Ulster county
line Mr.. McCue had heard a quail whlsthng
in his turnip patch, and had taken his shot
gun with him, thinking that maybe he might
get the quail for his supper. As the farmer
worked he was finally brought with his face
toward the road, and he caught glimpse OF
something passing along. Farmer McCue
raised himself up. AS he looked toward the
road his eyes opened very wide. As they
opened Mr.. McCue exclaimed:
"By jeel"
What the farmer saw was a bear, and it
was slouching deliberately along in the road,
past the house. There was nothing but bird
shot in Farmer McCue's gun, but he felt that
he must get that bear He seized the gun and
fired both barrels at bruin. The bear stopped,
looked in a deprecatory manner at the
farmer, and then passed on. The farmer
watched it until it disappeared in bend OF
the road. Then he examined the hammers OF
his gun and blew into the barrels. Satisfied
that the gun had gone off, he exclaimed:
missed him, by jee!"
Farmer McCue finished his work in the
turnip field and went to the house.
off had gone out loaded for BEAR" said he
to his wife, II couldn't have seen my way,
the quaiIs would have been so thick. But
there l was laying for quail, and what do L
flush but bear as big as yearling colt! If
that bear bothers me tomorrow, though, I'll
be sorry for him, and I'll load the old gun
now. Mother, count me out thirty -Seven
buckshot for each barrett"
''You mean nine Joseph" said Mrs Nc
Cue
Thirty seven, mother, for each barrel"
''Nine buckshot, Joseph is big load for
any gun, and will kill elephant!"
''Nine- buckshot won't hurt a coon, mother,
and I'm after bear. Thirty seven is what
want but it isn't enough. I've notion to
put in forty-seven,) ito make sure. No, I'll take
thrty-seven; but thirty seven amt enough"
So Farmer McCpe put in a double charge
of powder and Thirty seven buckshot>n each
barrel Mr. McCuS is a good farmer, but his
early education as hunter was sadly neg
Iected.
''Now let that bear trespass on me again,
by jee!" said Farmer McCue.
The next day he went to work again in his
IuFnlp HelCl Ills gun, Iodueu LOT OedT, was
with him. He had no idea of seeing the bear,
so that when in making turn in the field he
came almost face to face with it, evidently
enjoying itself among the turnips, from the
way it was pulling them up and munching
them, the farmer was obliged to open his eyes
wide again and exclaim, with more vigor than
before: "By jee!"
Farmer McCue was bound to get the bear,
however, and, backing off a few feet to where
his gun lay, he picked it up, took good aim at
the bear, and fired.